Re: Intention to dropping the the "Allow SSH root login with password" option from the installer GUI

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> Am 29.04.2021 um 22:09 schrieb Martin Kolman <mkolman@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> Hi!
> At the moment the Anaconda installer used by Fedora contains an option
> called "Allow SSH root login with password" on the root password
> configuration screen.
> ...
> Note that the checkbox is not ticked by default, the user needs to make
> a conscious choice to allow this security problematic SSH login
> behavior.
> ...
> good time to finally drop the "Allow SSH root login with password" from
> the Anaconda GUI.

I greatly appreciate Fedora's emphasis on establishing the most secure system possible by default. It was one of my reasons to choose Fedora, years ago.

But what makes the Anaconda team think that the system administrator could activate the option for no good reason, just for fun, recklessness or the joy of 'adventure'? 

I don't mean to be unkind, but in my view you are about to patronize the system administrator in a kind of missionary overzealousness. But reading Fedora vision, Fedora is about Freedom, another good reason to decide for it.

> If you are aware of some critical Fedora/Fedora spin usecase that
> depends on users regularly ticking this option, please let us know! 

No system administrator will 'regularly' ticking that option! That is an unrealistic assumption. It is reserved for special exceptions (that's why it is off by default). Others have already described such cases. 

At the very least, I am in favor of leaving the option in the Server Edition as it is.  
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